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and the Treasurer shall pay the several amounts
within tea jays after Said notification. upon the
draft of President and Secretary of the several
Hoards of school GbmmlssioOete; also provided,
nevertheless, that no payment of said tax shall
ba made to any county ot to the city of Haiti-]
mare aatil after the organisation of the several
Boards of school Commissioners ou .the second
Tuesday cf July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
Bee. 8. When the levy of any year shall have
been collected, the Comptroller shall apportion
among the several counties and the city of Hahi
thofe the araottnt allowed on the levy for insol
vencies and abatements, and shall transmit
statement of the same tothe State superintendent
and to each county and the city of Baltimore a
Statement of the amount apixmioned to it.
Sec. 9. And be H enacted,. That from am) after
the first day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, all the sections or the several arti
cles $f the Code of Public Local La tvs relating
to the levying Of taxes upon the taxable property
of t|s several,'feunties and cities of the State for
sCttari purposes he and the same arc hereby re
pealed. ioof’v ' -
kSec. tO. And be it enacted, That all sections of
the several art idee of the Code of Public, Gener
al sod Local Law, relating to schools, inconsis
teolwUh the provisions of this all Acts
ofLAsaunbly passed since the addition of said
does, relating to schoojs, inconsistent with the
provisions of this act; be and the same are here
oy repealed. 1 3
Sec. 11. This-tew shall take effect from the day
>f Ba passage; provided, nevertheless, that the
;eboota<adwtin operation may be continued tin-
Ureristiug laws until the thirtieth dny of June,
ightetu hundred and' eixty-five, and the present
school .authorities shall exercise all the
towers vested in them until Monday, the tenth
lay pf July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. 1
Sec. 13. The High schools of Baltimore city
hall have the same powers of conferring diplo
nasthft tthly have had before, and 'Which‘they
iav at tho time of the passage of this net.
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t t* V CHAPTER GB. j
VN ACT to amend and re-ena,ct section two of
article thirty-three of the Code of Public Gen
eral Laws, relating tp the education of the Deaf
and Dumb., . , .V,, ,
Scctioir 1 fie it enacted by the General Asscnddy
f Maryland, section two of article thirty
ifee of the Code'of Public General Laws, rela
ng to tho education of the Deaf ami Dumb, lie
ad the same is hereby amended and re-enacted
>eoto read aafollows; ;.. c ....
2. „Oo receiving the certificate of the county
mnuidbioneri, or of the Mayor and city Council
BaHiutprCj 'as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of
e.G.oyernpr to authorize the iustrijpjjon of said
At tiid dilmb persons in the Columbian Ihsti
tion for the deiif and durtib, foT a term not ox
eding seven years; and it shall be thcfni'fftcr
dy-ofthe Gorernaf', on (he certificate of lhe
esident of, said Institution, to order the Cotrip
fflei of the. Treasury to draw his warrant on
• Treasurer of this., .State for two hundred dol
per annum, for,each deaf,' and dumb person
ight in. pursuance of his authority at said iu
tution. payable to the President thereof, in
arterly payments, on, the first days of Janua
, 'April, July and October in each year; and the
jveroor shall-also-order the Comptroller Of
easury to drisfrefaithe Treasurer his warrant,
yable to the proper pdrly, for tlic exjicnses ne
laarily ihourred ini transporting and returning:
tldftrif *nj dumb person; provided, tliat. the
mle amount drawn from the Treasury, ,for the
rppsep ftforesaid, shall not exceed seven ihou
ld five hundred dollars in any one year; provi
thAtthe doyethor Shall dispose of pp/
cations in behalf ot deaf and 1 dumb' persons,
der the pWmsionsoT Ais article, in the order
which they may be madej'nnd if the applica
nt be more than sufficient to absorb the forego
s appropriation, be shall suspend: tho action
on the excess, il ntil vacancies occur, dr further
j vision he made, by the General Assembly..
3ec. 2. AodU itfurtJiCtenacted, That the.year
rate per capita, foy the instruction of deaf and
astpWjvlded for id the foregoing
tfbn, shall be allowed during the period for
(fch payment will become due on the first day
April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. 1
See. 3. And be it further enacted, That to enable
i Governor'to carry i oat the provisions of this
j.tbe sum of two thousand five hundred dol
s, or so.much thereof as may be necessary, in
lition to the appropriation already made, be
i the same is hereby appropriated for the year
ling on the first day of January, eighteen hun
id and sixty-sii.
sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act
dl take'effbet from tho date of its passage.
CHAPTER 79.
i ACT to regulate and make uniform the fees
of Justices of the Peace.
Section 1- Be it enacted by the General Assembly
Maryland, Ijhat all sections of the several ar
tesorthe Code of Public General Laws rela
g to fees of justices of the Peace, be and the
ne are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2 .- And be it further enacted, That sections
enteen, eighteen and nineteen of article thirty,
bt of the Public General Laws relating
the fees of Justices of the Peace, be repealed,
1 the following sections be adopted in lieu
'reof.
1,7. -The Justices of the Peace of this State shall
entitled to receive the fees allowed in tlic fol
ding table, and such fees shall he taxed and
id, by the party against whom judgment shall
tendered, to wit: for issuing each summons
debtor damages,- or Writ of replevin, twenty
-8 cents; for each summons for witnesses, inclu
ig all the witnesses applied for, at the’ “same”
ie, twenty-IWe befits’;, for mure to summons
aholders, thirty-five oents; tot fieri facias, tliir
five oents; for .venditioni exponas, thirty-five
its; for mpfacuu, forty-five cents; for every
wsedeas, twenty cents; for every oath or afii
vlt, ten cenU;. for probate or account, ten cents:
judgment tendered were there is no trial
Mtydlve' cents; for every judgment rendered
trial, sixty cents; for every warrant of nttach
nt against -f resident debtor) forty-five cents;
every attachment against a non-resident or ab
iding debtor, one dollar; for attachment of
itempt, tvrenty-five cents; for venire to summon
ury’in a case of forcible entry and detainer,
1 summons to tenant, one dollar; foy, taking
jdtsition of restitution, one dollar; for taking
juisition and return thereof, four dollars; for
,rrant of restitution, one dollar; for taking cv- .
f acknowledgement of overy deed or other in
sment of* writing from each person making an
mowledgemeut, thirty cents; for a certificate
eftrays, forty cents; for issuing writ of attaeh
nt byway of execution, forty-five cents; for
:ing replevin or other bonds, twenty-five
its; for entering every continuance, ten cents;
•'every transcript from the docket, fifteen cents;
• every Search, ten cents; for binding apprcnti
i, each Justice twenty-five cents.
18. They shall be entitled to be paid in crimi
-1 cases by the county or city of Baltimore, as
i case may be, the following fees: for.issuing
88 State writ, twenty-five cents; for search war.
nt, twenty-five cents; for taking recognizances
witnesses, each, twenty-five cents; for Joking
fognizances in each case reported to court,,
cents; for every, commitment, twenty
ectts; fbrevery releasenient, twenty-five cents;
r holding an inquest upon a deceased person,
'd doHare: for issamg an attachment for wh
ites refusing tA attend on the summons of a
unmissioner, fifty cents; for taking depositions
eases of, contested elections per day, three dol*
See. 3. And be U enacted. That this act elmjl
lie effect frdn\ thp dote of its passage, and shall
ndnue in force until the first day of April,
ghteen hundred aad sixty-seven, from and af
r.wbieh test.mentioned date this act shall he
ijl snd vfiid. I Uioioe - . os. :
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CHAPTER 113.
N ACT to repeU snd gmend the eighty-first ar
ticle Qi* .Codftoif Public General ~ taw3.rc
lAllngW.Revenue and Taxes.
J&irtlSn l . Be it enacted by the General Assembly
Maryland, That the sixth section of the eigbty
it article of the Code of Public General Laws,
. and the tam<f is hereby repealed, and the Tol
-wing section enacted in lieu thereof,
ihcu 8- The County Commissioners of the sev-
Sl counties in this Btate, are hereby directed fo.:
rike from their respective assessment bqqks, all
ays property of every description and class
iretofon assessed according to law, and in fu
iltt>o taxes of any kind shall he levied on the
loosed valoe of said slaves, nothing however in
iis section is intended to release taxes levied on
aves as Property, prior to the ficst day of No
ember, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or tor
terfere in any way with the collection thereof.
Sec. 2. And be it .enacted, That this act shall
kt effect from the date of it 3 passage.
CHAPTER 114.
'• Atlf to repeal tfee tenth section of ’Article,
Heved of the J )D6de of Public General Lows re
fAtttir td tliJoatb of Attorneys, and other praf-
MitaWs nnd to enact a substitute 1
&sUa iL rJ&il i acted by the Genirai Atsem*
That ths tenth section of Artic
le slevsn of the Code of Public General Laws
slatiqg to the oath of attorneys and other prao
itfoners of lair, be and the same is hereby re
galed, add'#t flih following be and the same
fereby is' efiAdiji‘4g( a substitute therefor:
rtf/Efery or other practitionpr pf law,
hall in open coin, take and subscribe the fol
ovilng P*Ht or rarmAtion“l do solemnly
iw ear (or Affirm as the case may be) that I wdl
it all lames demean myself fairly and honorably
U an 'Attorney and practitioner of law, that I will
oeai* true allegiance to the State of Maryland, and
lunport file Wastftntion and Laws thereof and
thatl willbegr true allegiance to thetfnited afAtes
thfVbuirtUuticm,
i Laws andOovernmen t thereof, as the supreme law
of the land, any law or ordinanco of this or auy
State to the contrary notwithstanding, and I do
fhrthcr swear [or affirm) that I will to the best
of my abilities protect and defend the Union of
tho United States, and not allow the sarao to be
broken up and dissolved or the Government there
of to he destroyed under any circumstances if in
niy power to prevent it, and that I will at all
times iHsconntcnancc and opnoscall political com
binations having for their object such dissolution
or-destruction, and I make this oath or affirma
tion without any reservation or purpose of eva
sion. So help me God.” No person shall be
admitted to practice as an attorney or solicitor
in any court of this State, and no person, if here
tofpre admitted to practice as such attorney or
solicitor in any of said courts, shall be allowed,
to continue so to dp until he shall have tnkenand
.subscribed said oath or nflirmatlpn in open court;
provided, however , that any person who under
this section ami the laws of this State, shall lie
come entitled to practice law in the conrt ot Ap
.pails of this. State, shall lie entitled to practice
law in any and all of the subordinate courts.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from and after the first day of April,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
CHAPTER 11G.
AN ACT to, appropriate a sura of money to the
IToiAo of the Friendless.
Section 1. Be. it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the Comptroller of the Treas
ury be and he is hereby authorized and required
to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the State
for the sum thousand dollars in favor of
the Home of'the Friendless.. ■/
Sec. 2. Be it enacted , That this act shall take
effect arid be in force from the date of its pas
sage.
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CHAPTER 120.
AN ACT to repeal article eighty of the Code of
Public General Laws entitled, “State Repor
ter,” and sections one, two, three, four, five
and six of said article, be and the same arc
hereby repealed and rc-enactcd with amend
ments in the following terms.
See. 2. The State Reporter shall he appointed
by the Judges of the corirt 6? A ppcals, and shall
hohl ; his office for the term of four years, unless
sooner removed by Said Judges, and shall lie styled
the “Stiito Rp|iorter,” and shall be re-eligible
from time to time. ; > .
Sec. 3. He shall receive an annual salary of five
hundred dollars. .... ■! • .
Sec. 4. lie shall report all cases argued and de
termined in the Court of Ay peals, designated by
the court ns pi'Pl ,er for publication, as soon as
possible after the close of each term of said court;
the report in each case to he limited to a statc
mentof the material facts, the principal points,
and the authorities relied on by the respective
counsel, and the opinion of the court delivered
therein. ■ '. so vol.u ■■■• i kI-;
Sec. .5, Each volume of the reports shall con
tain at least six hundred pages, and shall be prin
tetl on good paper, to be selected and purchased
by the Reporter at the cost of the State, with
clear type, and in size, form, quality of materials
and quantity of matter per page, shall correspond
as nearly as p&ssihlfe with the eighteenth volume,
of Maryland Reports, and shall he sold at a price
not exceeding * five dollars a volume, bound in
“fi.pe law sheep,” or four dollars and a half when
not bound and shall be printed, published, and
hound .at the expense of .the Reporter, who shall
lie entitled to the copyright of the volumes.
S’cif. G. The Stsiteshall take, two hundred.copies
oLerich' volume of said reports bound in “fine
law calf,” nt the price of six dollars per volume
delivered at the State Library.
Sco.;2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
tako effect front and after the first Monday of
April, eighteen hundred .and sixty-five. ■
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CHAPTER 125.
AN ACT to heal deeds of Manumission defective
ly (tjpcWtc j or omitted to be recorded.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem
bly of Maryland, That all deeds of manumission
pxccuted before the firet day of November, eigh
teen hundred and'stxtj-four, and acknowledged
by the party exbcntiug the same before a Justice
iff the Peace of.this State, under which the ne
groes thereby intended to .be manumitted have
been in actual enjoyment of freedom, shall be
held to haye the same efl’eci from the time of the
execution thereof as if the same had been attend
ed by two witnesses and recorded, and had been
in other respects in conformity with the then ex
isting provisions of law.
Scctiorf 2. And be it enacted, That this act
Shall take effect from the time of its passage.
,jj CHAPTER 126.
AN ACT for the relief of certain parties indebted
to the State for sums due prior to the first day
of August, eighteen hundred and sixty, and
certain parties against whom suits have been
instituted under the directions of the Comp
troller, in pursuance of Resolution number
twenty of tho General Assembly of Maryland,
fiasseu at the session of eighteen hundred and
sixty one and eighteen hundred aud sixty two.
Whriikah, The Comptroller of tho State was
required and directed by .Resolution number
twenty, .of the Gcner/il Assembly, passed at the
session of eighteen hundred and sixty qne and
eighteen hundred au(l sixty two, thirty days af
ter the passage of the said resolution, to cause
suits to bri instituted against all parties indebted
to the State therein named ; and whereas many
of said claims are of long standing and it is de
sirable to secureithe speedy settlement of said in
debtedness to the Bute, and tlic State .:to secure
the prompt payment of the principal, is willing
to release the interest, .-t r
Section 1. Be it emeted by the General Assem
bly of Maryland, That all Clerks, Registers of
Wills, Notaries Public; Auctioneers, Foreign
Insurance Agents, Collectors of Taxes and Sher
iffs, indebted to the State for sums due prior to
tho first day of August, eighteen hundred and
sixty, and the sureties upon their official bonds,
be and they are hereby released from the pay
ment of the interest now due on the State’s claims
against them } provided, that tho amounts due
for the principal of the said claims have been
paid or shall be paid into the treasury on or be
fore the first day of October, eighteen hundred
and sixty five ; and provided, further, that the
aforesaid parties respectively, or their sureties,
shall pay on er before the first day of October,
eighteen hundred and sixty five, to the State’s
Attorneys of the several counties and the city of
Baltimore, five per centum commission on the
full amount of the Judgments with interest there
on, recovered by the State against them in the
Circuit Courts for the several counties, and the
Superior arid Common Pleas Courts of Baltimore
city, d the sheriff’s fees and all costs which
have 1 been incnrml by the State in the prosecu
tion of soul claims, the States thereby to be re
leased' from any commission and costs.-
Section 2. Aail-be It further enacted, That the
Comptroller, upon the payment of the principal
due on tho aforesaid qlairas as hereinbefore provi
dejj, and all costs, and upon being satisfied that
the commissions to the State’s Attorneys and the
Sheriff’s fees have been paid as hereinbefore, re
quired, shall have the judgments which have
been recorded against the parties or their sure
ties entered ‘-'satisfiiMl”’ and the accounts in the
Mimptrnller’soffice hgainst any ofsaid parlies
complying with the conditions herein prescri
bed, shall lie balanced arid.entered adjusted.
Section 3. Ami be it enacted, That tips act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
CHAPTER 127.
AN ACT to amend and re-enact section oncliiin
dritt and six of Article eighty-one of the Code
of Public General'Lkws entitled “Revenue and
Taxes,” and relating to the tax on Executors’
and Administrators’ commissions.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem
bly qf Maryland, That section one hundred and
six qf Article eighty-one of the Code of Public
Gencrat Laws, entitled “Revenue and Taxes,”
& relating to the fox on . Executors’ and Adminis
trators’ commissions, he and the same hereby is
njilontled rii'fd re-enacted so ns to. read as
HV). All comtidssitJns allowed to eiccutors or
adniinißtrntors : by the Orphans’ courts of this
State, shall be subject to a tax for the benefit of
the StAloofone tenth port of tho sum so allowed,
antk.where a legacy is left to an executor byway
of compeusation, such legacy shall be reckoned
in the.commissions fixed by the court. :
Section 2. Awl be. if.enacted, That this act ahttU
take effect fromtlic day of its passage,, but noth
ing heroin contained Shall lie construed to ,lln
.posc the tax nptni commissions already fixed of
any executof or adriilriistrator to whom letters
shall have been issued before the passage hereof.
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•il CHAPTER 131. ;;o -
AN ACT to repeal section nine of Article thirty
eight, of Ae'fJWle of Public General Laws, re
lating to tho fees of aud substitute
_ therefor the following :
Section 1. Be, it enacted by the General Assem
bly of Mfnyimd. That spetipn nine, of Article
1 -thirty-eight, of tne Code of Public General Laws,
Waring to fees of officers, be and the skme is
- hereby repealed, and the following enacted as a
. substitute therefor : . , .
i See. 3. Attorneys at law shall be entitled to
demand and receive the following fees, to wit:
For bringing, prosecuting or defending any
, suit of action at law in any of the courts of this
State of original jurisdiction, five dollars ; for
prosfeenlirig or defending any cause, plaint or
. action in any of the courts o equity in this
State, ten dollar; for proSecntlng of defending
[ any cause. In Mhfriod the Orphans courts fn
- this State, ten dollare ; for prosMUtmg or de-
I fending any cause in the court of Appeals, ten
[ dollars: for prospeujing or defending in any
l criminal cases in any pf the courts of tute ptote
3 hivlhgcriminal jurisdiction where,the punisn
/ mehtTortueoflenw charged is dtoth <?t whfloe
f ment in the jienitentmry, ten dollars ; in nil
r other criminal cases, three dollars and thirty
) three cents.
t Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this net shall
f take effect from the date of its passage.
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CHAPTER 136.
i AN ACT to amend anil re-enact section ten of
1 Article forty-four of the code of Public Gen
eral Laws relating to the amount of compen
i nation to be paid by the several counties and
the city of Baltimore to the President and
Visitors of of the Maryland Hospital, for the
, support of jumper lunatics.
• Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem
. bly of Maryland, That section ten -of Article
■ forty-four of tho code of Public General Laws
relating to the amount of compensation to he
paid by the several counties and the city of
Baltimore, to the President and Visitors of the
- Mnrylaml Hospital, for the supjiort of jumper
lunatics, be and the same is hereby amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows :
10. The President and Visitors of the Mary
land Hospital, shall receive from each county
and the city of Baltimore, two hundred dollars
Jier annum for the sujqiort of each pauper lu
natic sent from said county or city to said
Hospital. *
Section 2. And be il enacted, That this aet
shall take effect from the day of its passage.
CHAPTER 13D.
AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money for
the relief of the Maryland Hospital.
Whereas, It is rejiorted to this General As
sembly that it has become ’necessary to intro
duce a more efficient heating apparatus into
the Maryland Hospital, in order to heat the same
more effectively, mnd to guard against the prob
abilities of fire ; and whereas, many repairs and
improvements of the buildings, and also cer
tain imjirovcmcnts of the grounds, and of an
extensive portion of the fences have become in
dispensable ; therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem
bly of Maryland, That the sum of-fifteen thous
and dollars be and the same is hereby apjiro
priated, to be jinid to the President and Visitors
of the Maryland Hospital, to introduce an ef
ficient heating ajiparutus, and to effect proper
and necessary rejmirs of the buildings and im
provements of the grounds, aud for other pur
poses.
Section 2. And be it enacted, That the comji
troller of the Treasury, be and he is hereby re
quired to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer,
in favor of the said the President and Visitors
of the Maryland Hospital, for the said sum of
fifteen thousand dollars.
Section 3. And be it anacled, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
CHAPTER 149.
AN ACT to amend article twenty-six of the Pub
lic General Laws of this State relating to cor
porations by adding thereto certain additional
sections providing for the formation of corpo
rations engaged in the business of obtaining
oil by boring or otherwise, on and upon lands,
lying within this State, or beyond the limits
thereof.
Section 1. Be i( enacted by the General Assem
bly of Maryland, That the provisions of Article
twenty-six of Public General Laws of this State,
from section forty losection sixty-seven bplli in
clusive, shall extend and he ajijiliciihlc to all
cases where five or more free white |iersons, a
majority of whom are citizens of this State, may
desire to form a company for th,o purpose of Car
rying on the business of obtaining oil by boring
or otherwise in and upon any lands, whether
lying within this State or beyond the limits of
this State, or partly within and partly beyond
the limits of this State ; provided, that no com
pany incorporated under this additional section
shall hold more than three thousand acres of
land at any one time, and that the capital stock
of such company shall not exceed the sum limited
by section sixty-eight of Article twenty-six afore
said us tho amount of cajiital stock therein per
mitted to he held by corjiorations formed under
the provisions of said Article twenty-six for mi
ning purposes; and provided also, that the
number of Trustees, Directors or Managers of
such company shall not be less than four nor
more than sixteen, and that lands as well as mo
ney may be considered as jmyment of any part
of the capital stock of said company, and the
presence in jierson or by proxy of the majority
in interest of the stockholders shall he necessary
to form a quorum for business at any meeting
of stockholders ; and provided also, that the
principal office of any company or corpora
tion, formed under and by virtue of the provisions
of this act, shall be located within the limits of
this State, and all meetings of the Directors and
stockholders of sueli corporation shall be held
within the limits of this State.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act
shall take effect from its passage.
A BILL ENTITLED
An act to repeal article seventy-one of the code
of Public General Laws entitled “Oysters,” reg
ulating the taking and catching of oysters with
in the waters of this State, and to re-enact the
same with the amendments thereto.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That articlo seventy-one
of the code of Public General Laws entitled
“Oysters,” regulating the taking and catching
of oysters within the waters of this State,
be and the same is hereby repealed and the fol
lowing enacted in lieu thereof:
1— That no person shall take or catch oysters
within the waters of this State for sale, with a
scoop, drag or dredge, rakes, tongs, or any other
instrument whatever, without having first obtain
ed a license as hereinafter provided.
2 That such license except such as may be
issued to tongsmen shall he issued by the Comp
troller of the Treasury, and shall sjiccify the
name of the vessel to lie used in taking and
catching oysters; the name of the owner anil
master thereof; the county or city of which snch
owner and master are citizens; the tonnage of
tho vessel and the amount paid for the license ;
and shall authorize said vessel to be used in tak
ing and catching oysters with scoop, drag, dredge
anil any other instrument, from the first day of
September of each and every year to the first day
of June following, within the waters of tho Ches
apeake Bay, and not within any other bay, river,
creek, strait, or sound, and not on any oyster bed
or rock in or about Tally’s Poiut, Sandy Point,
Ilackett’s Point, Thomas’ Point, the Three Sis
ters on the Western Side of the Chesapeake
Bay, not within the Chesapeake Hay where the
water is less than fifteen feet deep-provided,
3 That no license shall be issued to any per
son other than a resident of this State, and the
upplicant for such license shall first make oath
before the Comptroller of the Treasury that he
is a bona fide owner or master of the 4 vessel to
be described in tho license for which he is an ap
plicant, that he has been n resident of this State
at least twelve months immediately preceding
the day on which he applies for snch license, and
that he will well and faithfully obey and comply
with all the provisons of tho laws of this State
regulating the taking and catching of oysters,
aud that he will to the best of his ability aid in
the enforcement of such laws, and shall also pro
duce: before the Comptroller the enrollment or
license of such vessel under such rules and reg
ulations as the Comptroller may have previously
prescribed. ■,
4 That the applicant, before obtaining such
license, shall pay therefor at tho rate of five dol
lars per ton for every ton said vessel may meas
ure according to Custom Houso enrollment or
license ; and it shall be the duty of every such
applicant to have said license framed and so set
or placed upon the quarter deck or binnacle of
said licensed vessel, so ns to be exposed to the
full gaze or view of every person who may board
said vessel; Provided, that no steamboat, steani
vessel or stcain machinery shall be used for the
purpose of taking or catching oysters with a
scoop, dredge, drag or any other instrument
whatever; every vessel engaged in carrying oys
ters, or used or employed in the oyster trade in
the Chesapeake Hay shall take out the license
required by law, aud ho subject to all the provi
sions of the several sections of this article.
5 That any person violating, any of the pro
visions of the precceding sections shall pay a fine
of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred
'dollars, or forfeit the boat or vessel in possession
of the party so offending, together with his pa
pers, furniture, tackle and apparel, aud nil things
on board of her at the time of her seizure, Or
; both pay such fine and forfeit such vessel and
other property, in the discretion of the Justice
1 of the Peace or Judge of the Circuit Court be
fore whom such case is tried.
6 That the Comptroller of the Treasury
shall cause to be printed and delivered to the
. clerks of the several Circut Courts and of the
. Court of Common Picas of Baltimore city, tlic
> requisite number of such blank licenses, and take
receipt for the same as for other licenses granted,
. and the clerks of the several counties and the
( clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Balti
more city shall, on or before the first Monday in
) June and December in each year, return to the
i Comptroller of the Treasury a list and account
of the licenses issued by them...
> 7—That the clerks of the Circuit Courts for
: . the counties and the clerk of the Court of .Com
r mon Pleas in the city of Baltimore shall issue
i license to take or catch oysters with rakes oi
r tongs, which license shall state the name and
r residence of the person to whom the same is
g granted, and said license shall be numbered by
T the clerks granting the same, any person obtain
\ ing said license shall be authorized to take and
_ catch oysters with rakes or tongs, from the firs)
8 day of Juno following, in any of tho waters ol
j this State in which he may be entitled to take oi
e catch oysters bedding in the waters of this State
B—That all persons taking out a license tt
:- taks or ttettb outers wjthin tlte waters
-11 Stute, with rakes or tongs, shall number their
* canoe or other boat with number ou said license;
any person obtaining such license refusing or
I neglecting to comply with this provision, shall,
on conviction before a Justice of the Peace, pay
a fine of not less than five, nor more than twenty
dollars, one-half to be paid to the Comptroller
f of the Treasury.
’ 9—That the applicant for such license shall
* first make oath, before the clerk authorized to
j grant said license, that ho will obey and comply
* with all the provisions of the laws of this Btaie
3 rcgnlnting the taking and catching of oysters,
and that lie will, to the best of his ability, aid in
' the enforcement of said laws.
e 10—That if any person or persons shall take
s oysters within any of the waters of this Stare,
3 with rakes or tongs, who has riot taken out the
' license required by tho preceding sections, lie
shall pay a fine of wot less than twenty, nor more
'' than one hundred dollars, in tlic discretion of the
1 Justice of the Peace before whom the same may
be tried, one-half of said fine shall lie paid to the
" informer, and the residue to be paid to the Comp
’ trollcr of tho Treasury.
3 U—That the applicant for a license to take or
‘ catch oysters within any of the waters of this
1 State, with rakes or tongs, shall pay the sum of
five dollars for every canoe or other boat to he
1 used in taking or calcliing oysters with rakes or
tongs.
12— That the master and every and all the
white hands employed on hoard of every vessel
licensed under this article are constituted officers
of this State, for the pnrjiose of arresting and
conveying before some Circuit Court or Justice
of tho Peace, who shall have jurisdiction thcre
| in, any person engaged in violating any Of the
provisions of this act, and of seizing any vessel
engaged therein as fully and to all intents and
purposes as if the arrest had been made by the
Sheriff or Constablo of any county or the city of
Baltimore.
13— That any sheriff orothor officer hereinbe
fore specified may summon the posse comitatus
to aid him in makfog any arrest or seizure au
thorized by this article.
14— That if the person or persons on board any
canoe, boat or other vessel, shall fly to avoid any
arrest, the officer endeavoring to make such nr-!
rest shall scizo such boat or vessel, and the same
proceeding shall thereupon be had as directed in
cases of seizure under the other sections of this
article.
15— That upon information given upon oath
to any Justice of tho Peace having jurisdiction
of any violation of any of the provisions of this
article, the said Justice of tho Peace shall issne
his warrant lor the arrest of the offender or of
fenders and the seizure of the vessel, canoe or
other boat, together with the cargo and other
property thereon; which said warrant shall be
directed to the Sheriff or Constable of the coun
ty or to the master or any white man employed
on board of any vessel, canop or other boat li
censed under this article.
10—That if any scoop, drag, dredge, or oth
er instrument wherewith oysters are caught or
taken other than tongs or rakes, shall be found
upon or nttached to any vessel not having a li
cense under the provisions of this article, the
same shall ho prima facie evidence that such ves
sel has been employed in catching and taking
oysters in violation of this article.
17— That all vessels and other property con
demned under the provisions of this article sited <
he sold by the Sheriff of the county where sucii
vessel and other property may bo condemned, on
ten days public notice at public sale, to the high
est bidder for cash; and the proceeds of such
sale, after deducting all the necessary expenses
attending the same, shall be divided as follows :
Oiie-fourth part thereof to the officer making the
seizure; one-half tp those aiding tlie officer in
making the arrest, and' the residue to be paid to
the State; and all fines imposed under this' ar
ticle shall be divided ns heroin provided for the
division, of the proceeds of the property condemn
ed and sold' nrider the provisions of this article.
18— That any person resisting an officer in
making any arrest or seizure or resisting any pne
authorized by this article to mnke such arrest
shall he guilty of misdemeanor, anil upon convic
tion thereof, shall pay a fino of not less than one
hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand
dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not
less than one mouth nor more than one yoar.
19— That no person shall catch or tako oysters
within any creek, river, strait, bay or sound,
within the limits of any county of this State,
with tongs, rakes or any instrument whatever,
unless the person so catching or taking tho same
shall be at the time thereof a bona fide resident
of the county in which such creek, river, strait,
hay, or sound lies, and iu case a creek or river
shall be a division line between two or more coun
ties, then no person shall catch or take oysters
therefrom, as aforesaid, unless the person so
catching or taking the same shall be at the time
thereof a bona fide resident of one of the coun
ties so divided; nor shall any person take or
catch oysters as aforesaid, in any of the waters
of this State not forming a divisional line as
aforesaid, in water not less than fifteen feet deep,
unless the person so taking or catching the same
shall lie at the time thereof a resident of the
county bordering on such water. ~
20— That any person violating any of the pro
visions of the preceding section, shall be pro
ceeded against in the same manner by tho seiz
ure of property and arrest of persons, as herein
provided in case of violation of other sections
of this article, and shall be liable to the same
forfeiture and penalties.
21— That any person against whom a Justice
of the Peace may render a judgment under this
article, oitherto pay a penalty or of condemna
tion of property, may appeal from such judg
ment in the samo manner as if the judgment
were for a common debt,, but no execution or sale
shall be stayed unless the party appealing shall
give bond to the State of Murylaml in double
the value of the property condemned, or of the
fine imposed, as the case may be, with security
to he approved by the Justice of the Peace ren
dering tho judgment, or by the clerk of the court
to which the appeal may be taken, with condi
tions to prosecute such appeal with effect and to
pay the value of the property condemned, and
the amount of the fine imposed and interest and
all costs attending such proceedings, in case such
judgment shall be confirmed.
22 That when any offence is committed un
der any of the provisions of this article (except
under tho 19th section) any Justice of the Peace,
or the Circuit Court, as the case may be, of the
county to which the person offending, or the
vessel engaged in violating such provisions, may
he taken after being arrested or seized, shall have
jurisdiction of such offence,, when offence under
the nineteenth section of this article shall be com
mitted, if the same be committed within the lim
its of any county, any Justice of the Peace, or
the Circuit Court of such coupty, shall have ju
risdiction of such offence; or if the same he com
mitted within tho waters of this State, but not
within the limits of any county, then any jastioo:
ot tho peace or Circuit Court, (as the case may
he,) of any county lying opposite and most con
venient of access from the place where the -of
fence is committed, shall have jurisdiction there
of, and all jiroccodings, whether before a justice
of the peace or before the Circuit Courty shall
be in the name of the State; and if the party
accused * ,e acquitted, the Comptroller of the
State shall pay the costs out of the fund created
by this article.
23 That any citizen of this State owning
lands lying on any of the navigable waters of
this State, the lines of such lands including any
land covered by such waters, may deposit, plant,
bed, or sow oysters or other shell-fish in the wa
ters so included the linos of his land; and
any citizen of any county owning land lying or
bounding upon the waters of this State, may lo
cate and appropriate in any of the waters there
,of contiguous thereto, five acres for the purpose
of preserving, depositing, bedding or sowing oys
ters or other shell-fish ; provided, that the said
location or appropriation shall be described hy
stakes, bushes, or other yisible and proper marks,
or metes and bounds, which description shall be
: reduced to writing under oath, Mid recorded at
tho expense of the party, in the office of the clerk
of the Circuit Court of the proper county, and
that the said location and appropriation shall not
) injure, obstruct or impede the t'reo navigation of
I any navigable waters ; hut no sueh location or
i appropriation shall interfere with the rights re
served hy sections twenty-three and twenty-four
i of this act. , i
r 24—That if any creek,, eoye or inlet not ex-
I coediug one hundred yards in breadth at its
5 mouth, makes into the land or lands, the owner
- or owners, or other lawful occupant or occupants,
shall have the exclusive right to use said creek,
t cove or inlpt, for depositing, planting, bedding
3 and sowing of oysters and 'other shell-fish, al
: though such creek, cove or inlet may not be in
; eluded in the lines of any patent.
3 25—That any person who shall take with drag,
, dredge, scoop, rakes,Jongs, or any other instru
s ment, or by any means or method whatever, any
- oysters or other shell- fiish embedded, planted or
i sown in occordancc with the provisions of sec
-8 tions twenty-three and twenty-four, or shrill car
t ry or attempt to carry the same away, shall, on
conviction thereof, in a court haying jurisdiction
r in such case be deemod guilty of felony, and
- shall be sentenced by the judge of such oourt to
o the Penitentiary for a term not exceeding - five
r years nor leas than one year at the discretion of
1 the court.
s 26—That all money arising; froiq the proceeds
y of the issue of licenses, or from fines, penalties
- or forfeitures, imposed nnder this article, shall,
1 by the Comptroller, be placed to the credit of
it the “oyster fond,” and the Comptroller is here
>f by requited in his annual report hereafter to
r state partichlarly the receipts and expenditures
i. on account of said fond, and Us conclusion at
o the time of making said teport.
is 27—The provisions of this bIU shaft not P’
f ply to any person or persons who buy the oys*
; ters from any party or parties authorized and
r -licensed to catch oysters with tongs or rakes in
, any of the waters of this State.
f .Section 2. Attu hk it RsUCTEt, f That this
f act shall take effect from the date of Its passage.
CHAPTER 196.
I AN ACT to provide for regulating the relation
> of Creditor and Debtor between the State and
r ;. the Susquehanna and Tide Water Caual Com
‘ panics. ,
> Section 1. Be it enacted by the General As
-1 sembly o( Maryland, That upon the payment to
the Treasurer of this State, by tho Susquehanna
! and Tide Water Canal Companies, on or before
• the first day of July next, of all arrearages of
> interest, exchango and expenses, computed to
! the first day of January last, due to tho Stato
1 from said companies, the said Treasurer is here*
' by authorized to reuew the bonds of the said
companies doc to the State for twenty years,
> from said first day of January last, hearing in
terest at six per cent, per annum, payable semi
annually, and payable as to principal and in cur
rent money of the United States.
\ Section 2. And be it enacted, That if the
said companies shall fall in arrear in tho pay
-1 men* of the interest to fall due on said extended
bonds for a period of six months, after the same
shall have accrued, then the Board of Public
Works are hereby authorized to take legal pro
ceedings against said companies for tho collec
tion of the same, if they shall think it for tho in
terest of the State so to do.
Section 3. And bo it enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
. A BILL
an an Act relating to the Registra
tion of the Voters of the State.
Section 1. lie it enacted, By the General As
sembly of Maryland, That there shall be ap
pointed by the Governor from among the citi
, xens of the State most known for loyalty, firm
ness and uprightness, three persons for each
ward in the city of Baltimore, and for each elec
tion district in the several counties of the State,
. who shall be 3tylcd Officers of Registration, who
shall register the names of all free white male
persons claiming and entitled to the right of
elective franchise residing in or temporarily ab
sent from the several wards of the city of Balti
more and the several election districts in the
counties in the manner therein prescribed, and
the said officers of registration shall receive for
their services the snm of three dollars for each
and every day occupied in discharging the du
ties imposed on them under this act ; any two
of whom shall be competent to act, and any va
cancies in any board shall be filled by the Gov
ernor from among the citizens of the State as
hereinbefore provided. All officers of Registra
tion liefore entering upon the discharge of their
duties as such shall take the oath prescribed in
the Constitution and subscribe the same in the
Book of Registration for their respective wards
or election districts.
Section 2. lie it enacted, That the Governor
shall appoint three persons as officers of registra
tion, whose duty it shall be to register the sol
diers, of this State in the military service of the
United Suites, and such persons in the naval ser
vjfeejQf the United States as may be stationed at
convenient and accessible naval posts, who are
absent from their regular places of voting on ac
count of such service ; . and it shall be the duty
of said officers of registration to visit the difl'er
ept regiments, camps and hospitals or other
posts where said 3oldiers may be, for the purpose
bf ascertaining ami registering all such as shall
or may be qualified>to. vote according to the pro
visions of flip Constitution and laws of this State,
and said officers of registration shall perform
said duty in like manner as is required in other
sections of this act, and shall return their books
or lists of registration for Iho different counties
find the city of Baltimore, to such officer of reg
istration in the said city or counties ns the Gov
ernor shall designate, on or before the Ist day
of September, 186$, and it shall be the duty of
the officers of registration to whom such returns
shall be made, to cause the names so returned to
be registered in the several election districts of
their respective counties or wards in the city of
Baltimore in which said soldiers reside or are en
titled to vote ; and in addition to the per - diem
allowed by this act to officers of registration,
they shall be allowed their necessary travelling
expenses for the discharge of the duties imposed
by this act.
Section 3. Be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty qf said officers of registration after having
received the register of said soldiers, to furnish
a certified copy of the duly qualified voters on
such lists to the County Commissioners of the
sevoral counties and .the Mayor of the city of Bal
timore, on or before the sth day of October,
1865, to be by them or him transmitted to the
judges appointed to take the votes of the said
soldiers as directed by law.
Section 4. Be it enacted, That the Governor
shall cause to he prepared suitable books for the
registration of names and facts required by this
act, to be furnished to said officers of registra
tion in each ward in the city of Baltimore and
election district of the several counties at the cost
of said city and the respective counties, said
books to be 30 arranged as to- admit of the al
phabetical classification of the names, and ruled
in parallel columns, on which shall be entered,
Ist : The name of the person registered ; 2d,
Sworn, 3d, his age; 4th, the place of his birth ;
sth, the time of residence in the city of Balti
more and election precinct or county and elec
tion district ; Gth, if naturalized the date of the
papers and the court by’wliich issued; 7th, dis
qualification ; Bth, qualified voter.,
Section 5. Be it enacted, That the said officers
of registration shall ascertain and register the
names of every white male jierson resident in and
temporarily absent from their wards or election
district, and after recording the surname and
Christian name 9hall administer to such person
the oath of allegiance as prescribed by the 4th
section of article Ist of the Constitution, and the
further oath that we will make true answers to
such questions as they may propound to him
touching his right to registration and voting,
and enter in the proper column the fact whether
such person has or has not been sworn ; 3rd—
Tho age of such person ; 4th—The place of his
birth. sth—the time he has resided in the city of
Baltimore or the county in which he is to be reg
istered. 6th—lf naturalized, the date of bis fi
nal paper or certificate of naturalization, and
the court, county ami State whence issued. 7th
—lf disqualified, the cause or reason of disquali
fication ; whether non-residence, non-age, alien
age, infamy, lunatic or non compos mentis, dis
loyalty under the 4th section of article Ist of the
Constitution,, or bribery as described in tho sth
section of said Ist article. 8th —The name of
qualified voters, omitting from said column the
names of disqualified persons and inserting in
lien thereof the names of one or more witnesses
by whom the disqualification was proven, if the
disqualifying cause arises from the provisions of
the 4th or Gth sections of said Ist article.
Section 6. Be it enacted, That it shall he the
duty of officers of registration before entering
any name" on the register of voters to diligently
enquire and ascertain that such person lias uot
done any of the acts which are declared in the
3rd, 4th and sth sections of the said Ist article
of the Constitution as causes of disqualification,
and if the evidence brought to their knowledge
shall satisfy them that he is disqualified under
either of said sections, they shall not enter his
name as a voter in said eighth column or register
of qualified voters, but shall carefully exclude it
tbcrelVom, notwithstanding lie may have takon
the oath of allegiance prescribed in section 4th
of said first article of the Constitution.
Section 7. Be it enacted, That the officers of
registration shall not allow the name of a foreign
born citizen or resident to be entered, in said
eighth column or register of qualified voters, un
less his naturalization papers be produced and
exhibited to them and by them be endorsed,
with the date of their exhibition, and entering
in the 6ih column the facts required in the third
section of this act.
Section 8. Be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of said officers of registration to enter in
tbe said register of qualified voters, the name of
; every person who shall apply to them to be reg
istered, and who shall satisfy them that he is
qualified to vote under the provisions of the first
article of the Constitution and the laws of the
' State, or who shall prove to their satisfaction th*t
he will be of age and so qualified to vote, on or
before the day of the next ensuing election,
i, Section 9. Be it enacted, That it shall be the
' duty of-said officers of registration, or a majori
i ty of them, to meet and sit at some convenient
i place in several wards of the city of Balti
; more, and.the several election districts of the res
pective counties for which they shall be appoint
• ed, the first Tuesday and Wednesday of every
week from the first Monday in August, to third
, Wednesday in September inclusive, for the pur
’ pose of.discharging their duties ns officers of reg
r istration according to the provisions of this Act,
• and they shall give notice of the time and place
-of meeting at least ten days before the day of
• their first meeting, by publication in three news
i t papers in the city of Baltimore, one of which
it shall be published in the German language, and
I ''Ope or. more newspapers in each county hnviug
> the largest circulation, and also by handbills
> posted at such public places as they may select,
f in t)ie several precincts in the city of-Baltimore,
and election districts of the several counties, and
i in case of making a change in the place of rnect
) ing, they shall at once publish in said papers no
, tice of such change as herein prescribed j said
f notices and publication to be paid fbr by the
• Mayor and pity Council of . Baltimore, and the
) county Commissioners of tbe several counties.
s Section VO. Be it enacted, That tbe said officers
t of registration, for the purpose of facilitating
them in tho discharge of their duty, shall sit on
- the days of meeting for the purpose of registra
‘ lion from 9 o’clock A. M., until 5 o’clock P. M.
I Section 11. Be it enacted, That it shall be the
i duty of said officers of registration as soon ns
practicable after the raid third Wednesday in
i .September, and before the • second Saturday of
October, to make or muse to tie mndo no alpha
betical list of all the names of persons registered
by them as qualified voters, and cause (he same
to be punted and made public by hand bills set
np in at least ten of the most public places in
their several wards or election districts, aiid to
publish the same in at least two of tho newspa
pers iri the city of Baltimore, one of which shall
be published in the German language, and in
one newspaper in each county, having the largest
circulation, at least two weeks before the Tuea
. day succeeding the first Monday in November
accompanying said lists with a notice for all per
sons interested, to appear before them at the
place and during the hour of registration on, the
Tuesday and Wednesday next preceding tbe said
Tuesday after the first Monday in November, to
show any omissions or other errors in said lists,
at which time the list of qualified voters shall be
corrected and finally closed, and two fair copies
of said corrected register or voters shall be com
pleted, and one copy thereof shall ho lodged by
the officers of registration with the Cleric of the
circuit court of the county and the Clerk of the
Superior court of Baltimore city, and the other
fair copy shall be delivered to the Judges of Elec
tion at or before nine o'clock of the morning of
election, and in the city of Baltimore, they shall
separate lists into precincts. And it shall
be the duty of the officers of registration for tho
several wards of the city of Raltimore to prepare
their lists of voters according to the sub divisions
of wards into precincts, registering the voters of
their several wards so as to designate the elec
tion precint of the ward in which they arc or
shall be entitled to vote, and shall deliver one
copy of the list of voters for such precinct as
hereinbefore provided.
Section 12. Be it enacted That the officers of
registration shall lodge with the paid Clerks of
the circuit courts and the Clerk of the Suporior
conrt of Baltimore city, on or before the day of
election, one copy of the register of qualified vo
ters, which list shall be recorded by the said
clerk among the bf tile said court, sub
ject to examination a§ other records of said court,
and they shall also deposit with said Clerk the
books of registration provided Tor in tho second
section of this act, to be by him safely kept and
preserved among the records of said court, sub
ject to the dispositions hereinafter provided.
Section 13. Be it enacted, That the said offi
cers of registration while discharging the duties'
imposed by this act, 9lmll have, and exercise the
powers of Justice of the Peace for the- preserva
tion of order around the place of registration,
may compel the attendance of witnesses for the
purpose of ascertaining the qualifications or dis
qualifications of persons registered. They shall
have power to issue summon?, attachments and
commitments to any sheriff or qonslable who
shall serve such process as if issued by a Judge
of the circuit court or a Justice qf the Peace, and
shall receive the same fees and in the same man
ner ns allowed bylaws in State cases; but the
officers of registration shall not charge any fee
for the issue of such process, or receive any fee
or emolument for this or any other service they
may perform in the proper discharge of their du
ties, except that provided in the first and second
sections of this act.
Section 14. Be it enacted, That for the pur
pose of correcting said list of qualified voters, af
ter the first general election held under this act
by the addition of the natnee of persons having
come of age, acquired legal residence, been nat
uralized or otherwise, and by striking from such
register of voters the names of persons removed
from the county or State, by death or other
causes of disqualification : There shall be desig
nated or appointed by the Governor annually,
one officer of registration In like manner a3 here
inbefore mentioned, who shall be qualified in
like manner, and have and exercise all the poivr
ers herein conferred on the three original officers
of registration so far as sliall be necessary for
the correction of tbe list of voters and books of
registration rendered nocessary by tlio provisions
of Sections 3, 4 and 5, of the Ist Article of the
Constitution and the action of the General As
sembly.
Section J 5 .Beit enacted, That the said officer
of registration shall sit for the correction of the
said list of voters and tbe register of names in
the manner prescribed in section 8 of this act,
and for this purpose it shall be the duty of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court at such time to hand
ovor the said list aud books to the said officer of
registration, who shall proceed, in the upanner
hereinbefore mentioned, to correct said list and
book of registration ; so that the names of all
persons legally entitled to vote shall appear
thereon, and the names of those disqualified shall
appear on the book of registration, with the
cause of disqualification, in like manner as in the
original registration ; and whon he shall have
completed his work he shall dispose of said lists
as hereinbefore provided for. But said officer of
registration shall not put on the list of voters the
name of any person who was entered on the ori
ginal book of registration as disqualified under
the 3d, 4th or sth Sections of Article Ist of the
Constitution, without full legal proof that such
disqualification has been removed, id the manner
prescribed, hi said section of said article in the
Constitution.
Section 10. Bf it enacted, That if any persop,
who has been registered as a legal voter in one
district or precinct, shall remove into another,
he shall take from the officer or officers, or the
Clerk of the court in which said lists or books
may be deposited a certificate of the facts of his
registration in such district or precinct; and it
shall be the duty of the officers of registration to
notify each other of such removal, certificates and
re-registration, and unless the provisions of this
section are complied with, such person shall not
be registered as a legal voter in such district or
precinct, and such certificates shall lie filed with
the list of voters or book .of registratioa in the
office of said elerka.
Section 17. Be it enacted , That in case any
county <y city shall be divided so as to form
portions of different electoral districts for the
election of Congressmen, Senator, Delegate, or
other officer or officers or person to be entitled
to vote for such officer or officers must have been
a resident of that part of the county or
city in which he offers to vote for six months
next precceding tho election, and be registered
therein as a qualified voter, bnt a person who
shall have acquired a residence in such county or
city, and been registered as a qualified voter,
shall be entitled to vote in the election district or
precinct from which he removed until he. shall
have acquired a residence in the part of the coun
ty or city to which he has removed, and the of
ficer or officers of registration shall not strike
from tbe list of voters the name of such person
or transfer the same until after such election.
Section 18 Be it enacted, That the judges of
election shall not receive or deposit the ballot of
any person until they have found bis name on
the list or register of qualified voters, and have
checked it thereon.
Section 19. Be it enacted, That the clerks of
the circuit courts of the several counties and the
superior court of Baltimore city shall permit ex
aminations of the register of na'nies aud the reg
ister or list pf voters to be made only in the man
ner herein prescribed or in tho manner allowed,
in relation to other records of his office and in
his presence or in the presence of his deputy.
Section 20. Be it enacted, That if any officer
of registration shall knowingly, corruptly or
fraudulently iu violation of the provisions, of ar
ticle Ist of tbo Constitution or of this act permit
the name of any disqualified person to be entered
on the list or register of qualified voters, or ex
clude therefrom the name of auy qualified voter,
he shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and
pay a fiue of not 1e33 than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars for each offence, and
shall be disqualified from bolding any office of
honor, profit or trust, and front exercising the
elective franchise in this State. i
Section 21. Be it enacted, That if any Clerk
of any court, with whom the books and lists
herein provided are required to he deposited,
shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or
make any alteration in said books or lists, or suf
fer the same to be done by others, except as here
in provided for, or shall neglect any of the duties
herein imposed on him, lie shall, on conviction
thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of not less than
one huudred nor more than five hundred dollars,
and be thereafter disqualified from voting or
folding any office of honor, profit or trust.
Section 22. Be it enacted, That if any judge
of election shall knowingly violate auy of tho
provisions of this act, or of (be Ist Article of the
Constitution relating to the elective franchise,
he shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a
fine of not less than one hundred nor more than
five hundred dollars, and shall he disqualified
from holding office and voting.
Section 23. Be it emc\td , That any person
taking the oath herein required, and swearing
falsely in relation to matters connected therewith,
shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of
perjury, and shall be sentenced to the penitentia
ry for not less than one nor more than eight years,
and be disqualified from voting and holding of
fice. . ■ i',,
Section 24. And be enacted , That this act
shall take effect from the date of its. passage.
- CHAPTER 168.
AN ACT supplementary to an act entitled, an
act making appropriations for the support of
the Government, for the year ending on the
first day of Jannary, eighteen hundred and
, sixty-six.
Section 1. Bo it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That for the expenditures
i in the support of the Government, for the year
ending on the Ist day of January, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-six, the following sums of money,
or so much thereof a may be necessary, be and
the same js hereby appropriated, in addition to
a appropriations inado under chapter three huu
s dred aiffl sovcnty-foilr, of eighteen huudred aud
1 sixty-four, that is to say, for the salary of tho
f Governor in addition to the sum already appro?
* printed, four hundred dollars; for the salary of
. tho Commissioner of the Land Office, additional
j twelve hundred and fifty dollars ; for tho salary
1 of the State Librarian, additional five hundred
1 dollars; for the salaries of the Judges of tho
* Court of Appeals, five thousand dollars; for tho
■ salaries of the Judges of the first twelve circuits,
sixteen thousand dollars additional; for tliu sal
-1 ai T td t^ ie Judge of the thirteenth judicial cir
cuit, live hundred dollars additional; for salary
of the Judge of the Superior Court of Baltimore
oity, ftvo hundred dollars additional; for the sal
; ary of the Judge of the Court of Common
I lens of Baltimore city, five hundred dollars ad
ditional ; (or the salary of the Judge of the
Criminal Court, Baltimore city, one thousand
dollars additional; for the salaries of the five
additional Judges elected under the present Con
stitution, froth the dale of their qualification to
January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
fifteen hundred dollars ; for the salary of an ad
ditional Clerk to the Comptroller, twelve bun
dled dollars ; for the salary of tho Adjutant
General of Militia, one thousand dollars addi
tional ; for tho salaries of the five Inspectors of
Tobacco, six thousand five hundred dolb.ro
for insurance on tho Tobacco Warehouse, one
hundred dollars; to Colleges, Academies and
Schools, twenty-seven thousand dollars; to the
education of the Indigent Blind, in addition to
the fnnd already accumulated for that purpose,
five thousand dollars ; for the expense of adver
tising list of Foreign Insurance Agents, one
hundred dollars; for the expense of fuel and
lights (or Public Buildings and the Govornmont
House, three thousand dollars; for tho contin
gent fund of the Superintendent of Public In
struction, one thousand dollars ; for tho erec
tion of water closets for the use of tho Treasury
Department, one thousand dollars, to be expen
ded under the direction of tho Treasurer and
Comptroller; for the salary of tho State Vaccine
Agent, six hundred dollurs; to Richard King,
State Militojy Relict Agent, for expenses incur
red by him in obtaining tho soldiers’ vote at the
elections in October, and November, eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, two hundred and thir
teen dollars and thirty cents ; for the purchase
of stationery for the present sossion of the Gen
eral Assembly, six thousand five hundred dollars
additional; to the Night Watchmen of Public
Buildings, one hundred and eighty dollars each,
three hundred and sixty dollars ; to the person
employed to take:charge of the Public Buildings
and Grounds, one hundred aud eighty dollars ;
to the Keeper of Steam House and Record Of
fice Furnace, one hundred and eighty dollars ;
and to his assistant, olic hundred and eighty doi
}nns; lor tiling and recording the Laws and Res
olutions ot the present session, three hundred
and fifty dollars; for stationery for Department,
live hundred dollars; to Thomas E. Dell, for
two hundred and fifty copies of the second vol
ume ot the Supplemental Oodo, purchased by
order of the General Assembly, one thousand
dollars; for binding the Laws, Journals and
Documents of the. present session, two thousand
dollars; for indexing the Laws, Journals and
Documents of the present session, eight hundred
dollars ; to pay for the State’s subscription to
Cohen & Lee’s Digost of Decisions of the Court
of Appeals of this State, three thousand dollars;
to pay for the State’s subscription to J. J. Alex
ander’s collection of English Statutes, two thous
and dollars ; to pay for tho State’s subscription
to Mayer’s Digest, twelve hundred and fifty dol
lars; to pay tho members of the Legislature,
their officers and attendants, (tho yearly salaries
of the Secretary of tho Senate and the Chief
Clerk.of tho House of Delegates excepted,) in
cluding the cost of printing and miscellaneous ex
penses, and including ten dollars per diem to tho
Speaker of the House and President of tho Sen
ate each, one hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars ; for the postage of the members of tbe
General Assembly, including tho Secretary of
the Senate and Chief Clerk of the House of
Delegates, five thousand dollars ; to the Penn
sylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, for
losses iucurrcd in the education of the beneficia
ries of this State during the years eightoen hun
dred and sixty-three and eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, five hundred and ninety-ono dollars
and 75 cents; for tho expense of fitting up
tho room adjoining tho Court of Appeals for
the preservation of records, twenty-five hundred
dollars, to be expended undor the order of the
Judges of the Court of Appeals; for the the sal
aries of Clerks to the Adjutant Goneral of Mi
litia, three thousand dollars; for contingent fund
for the Adjutant General’s office, one thousand
dollars; to Edward Shriver, for services as
Judge Advocate under the late enrolment of mi
litia by appointment of the Governor, fifteen
hundred and fifty-four dollars ; to C. C. Cox,
as Surgeon General under the appointment of
the Governor, under the late enrolment of militia,
fifteen hundred and fifty-four dollars; for re
pairs of roof of Record Office Building, threo
hundred dollars ; to the House of Refuge, five
thousand dollars ; for the contingent fund of the
Land Office, four hundred dollars; for distribut
ing the Journals of Debntes and Proceedings of
the State Constitutional Convention to the au
thorized parties, one hundred and sixfy-fivo dol
lars, to be paid upon the proper vouchers ; for
indexing the Laws nnd Journals of tho Senate
and House of Delegates for tho prosont session,
eight hundred dollars; for the expense of dis
tributing statement in reference to tho Rosonrcos
of Maryland, including the sum to bo paid to
Henry Stockbridge, for the preparation of the
statement, fifteen hundred dollars, or so much
thereof as may lie necessary.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the Treasu
rer of the State, upon the warrant of tho Comp
troller of the Treasury Department, disburse the
said sums of money herein appropriated for the
objects and purposes specified to or upon tbe or
der of the person or persons, bodies politic or
corporate, severally entitled thereto; and that
the several public officers to whom the same or
any part thereof may he paid, shall rendor quar
terly to the Comptroller, accounts of tho expen
ditures thereof, with the proper vouchers verified
by affidavit, except sucli parts thereof as may be
paid for or on account of salaries fixed by tho
Constitution and Laws of this Stato.
See. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect from the first day of April, eighteen
hundred and sixty-five.
CHARTER 178.
AN ACT appropriating the interest to ho receiv
ed from the sale of tho scrip donated by the
United States to the State of Maryland for
the benefit of Agriculture, by tho Act of Con
gress, approved second Session, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-four, and to amend tho charter
of the Maryland Agricultural College, by add
ing additional members to tho Board of Trus
tees.
Section 1. Be it enacted by tho Genoral As
sembly of Maryland, That after tho Comptroller
shall havo sold the said scrip and invested tho
proceeds thereof as provided by the act of tho
General Assembly, passed at January Session,
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, chapter niuety,
the annual interest or income of said investment
shall he regularly paid by him without diminu
tion to the Maryland Agricultural College, and
the leading object of said college shall be, with
out excluding other scientific and classical stud
ies, and including military tactics, to teach such
branches of learning as are related to agriculture
and the inochanic arts, in order to promote tho
liberal and practical education of the industrial
classes iu tho several pursuits and professions of
lifo, and tho money so received by the said
college shall be applied to the objects enumerat
ed in the stud act of Congress, and to no other
purposes whatsoever, and the said college shall
in all respects comply with tho several require
ments of tho said act, as to making and recording
experiments, and reporting the same as therein
proscribed ; provided, that nothing heroin con
tained shall bo construed to prohibit or preclude
the Goneral Assembly, at any time horoaftcr,
from making any other disposition of said funds,
not inconsistent with the act of Congress, mak
ing said donation.
Section 2. And be it further enacted, That
from aud after the passage of this oct, tho Stato
Board of Education shall he ex officio, members
of the Board of Trustees of the said eollego.
Section 3. And be it enacted. That this act
( shall take effect from the day of its passago.
hy\ j ' : i‘- *♦ ■ ——
i • 1,1 CHAPTER 185.
AN ACT to appropriate a sum of money suf
ficients procure; a full length portrait of the
latq Governor Thomas Holliday-Hicks, to lie
placed in the Executive Chamber of Mary
! land, and a further sum to erect a monument
over the remains whenever he may be finally
interred.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of Maryland, That five thousand dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necesssary, is
hereby appropriated to procure a fall length por
trait of the late Governor Thomas Holliday
Ilicks, and tho sumo when completed to he placed
in tho Executive Chamber, and that tho unex
pended sum of five thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, shall be used and
expended in building or erecting a suitablo tnnn
’ ument over the remains when finally interred,
i Section 2. And be it enacted, Thut the Treas
l. ~uror shall, upon a warrant of the Comptroller,
pay to the order of tho Chairman of tho com
mittee hereafter named, tho above sum, or so
i much thereof, as may be found necessary to 1 ul
■ ly carry into effect the provisions ot tins act, .
, ... Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That a committee
, of three be appointed by the Governor to carry
1 into effect the proviwns of this act,